Tuesday, 18 November 2025

 Kim WELLS (Rowville) (13:07): This statement brings to the attention of the house an urgent road safety matter in my electorate of Rowville. I have been contacted by many residents in Wantirna South who hold grave concerns for the dangerous intersection at High Street and Wallace roads. Tragically, this intersection was the site of a fatal accident on Thursday 23 October. My constituents have long known this intersection as hazardous, particularly for motorists making a right-hand turn. The community has rightly started a petition to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, which as of late yesterday had 777 signatures, demanding a comprehensive safety review and the implementation of two vital commonsense safety measures: firstly, the installation of traffic lights at the intersection of High Street Road and Wallace Road to allow for safe turning and to protect pedestrians; secondly, the reduction of the speed limit from 80 kilometres down to 60 kilometres on the section of High Street Road, Wantirna South, between Burwood Highway and Stud Road. This is not an unreasonable request. This stretch of road services two local schools.

My community deserves to be safe. Their children deserve to be safe. I call on the minister to heed the pleas of my Wantirna South residents, as per their petition: ensure an urgent review is undertaken and implement these life-saving road safety measures immediately before another tragedy occurs.